Iron fence



Fatented Mar. 25, 1924.

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SEBASTJAN FALENDYSH, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IRON FENCE.

Application filed March 2, 1923. Serial No. 622,428.

To all whom t may conce/m:

vBe it known that I, SEBASTJAN FALENDYSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, inthe county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iron Felices, of which the following is a specific-ation.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved type'of iron fence which can be made up and shipped in knock down form. Furthermore, the parts of the fence are made so that they can be readily assembled and the whole fence erected by unskilled labor.

This and other objects of this invention will be fully illustrated in the drawing, described in the specification and point-ed out in the claim at the end thereof.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the fence showing pait of it in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the fence with a portion of it in section.

In the figures of the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The fence forming the subject matter of my present invention is so constructed that all the parts thereof can be fully completed in the factory and the completed parts shipped to the user or builder of the fence who can assemble and erect the parts of the fence with unskilled labor. The fence is also made so that it can be adapted to any outline of the ground to be fenced in and a gate can be placed in the fence wherever desired and made from the same stock parts of which the fence proper is constructed.

As illustrated in the ligures the fence comprises fence post units 1 which support between them the horizontal fence rails'2 and 3. Each fence post unit is made up of a cap member 4 and a base member 5. These members are connected together by the post proper which is threaded into the bottom of the cap member 4 and the top of the base member 5 respectively. Into the bottom of the base member 5 is threaded an extension 6 which extends into the ground and is adapted to be anchored therein and thus support the fence post unit.

Both the cap and base member of each post unit is provided with two pairs of lugs 7 and 8 at two diametrically opposite sides of the post. These' lugs are suitably spaced apart toreceive the lugs 9 and 10 respectively projecting between them. A. suitable hinge pin 11 is supported between the lugs 7 and 8 and each pin forms a bearing for the lugs 9 and 10 to swing thereon. The lugs 9 and 10 form part of and are integral with the cap 12 of the upright bars or pickets 13 located adjacent to the post unit 1 of the fence. The pickets 13 are also provided with a base 14 similar in construction to the cap 12 and hinged to the base member 5 of the post in the same manner as is the cap to the cap member of the post. A bar or rod 15 joins the cap and the base to form the picket.

A short extension 16 is threaded into the lower end of the base member 14 in order to extend the picket as near to the ground as possible. The horizontal rails 2 and 3 of the fence are supported by the pickets 13 and are suitably threaded into the sides of the cap 12 and base 14 of t-he pickets 13. On these rails 2 and 3 are supported the pickets 17. Each of these pickets is made up of a cap 18 and a base 19 with the bar 2O connecting them together. Both the cap and the base of these pickets have a horizontal duct leading therethrough through which the horizontal rails 2 and 3 are adapted to project. In this way a series of pickets 17 may be slipped over t-he horizontal rails 2 and 3 and placed one next to the other until a complete section or panel of the fence is assembled and joined together extending from one post unit to another post unit.

As each of the post units are alike in construction the procedure of forming the next section or panel of the fence is the same as that described above. At a point where a right angled corner is to be formed in the fence a corner post unit 21 may be used. This post unit is the same as the post unit 1 except that the lugs 7 and 8 project at right angles to each other from the cap and base member that is 90o apart, while in the post unit 1 these same lugs are in line with each other or 180 apart.

From the above description of the fence it will be seen that each section of the fence is complete in itself and is hinged to the preceding section so that if the fence cannot follow a straight line there is no trouble in running one or more sections off to one side in order to conform to the outline of the ground to be fenced in.

A short unit or panel of fence can also serve as a gate. To form a gate the horizontal rails are not connected to the next post but the ends of these rails are connected together by means of a picket 17.

Instead of using a series of pickets 17, 17 to build eaeh section of the fence, suitable Wire netting may be stretched between the pickets 15, of each post unit and suitably fastened to the horizontal rails 2 and 3 thereof.

A fence made up of a series of post units, each of said post units comprising a cap member, a base member and a body membei', said base and cap members having lugs projecting therefrom, a hinge pin mounted in said lugs, a picket member, said picket member comprising a cap member, a base member and a body member, said eap and base members of said picket member having a lug formed thereon, said lugs being mounted to swing on said hinge pins, and hinge said cap member of said picket member to Vsaid cap member cf said post unit and hinge said base member of said picket member to said base member of said post unit, horizontal rails supported by said cap and base members of said picket member, a separate picket member comprising cap and base members, ducts leading through said cap and base members of said separate picket members, said horizontal rails being adapted to pass through the ducts in said cap and base members and support a series of said separate picket members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SEBASTJAN FALENDYSH. 

